Critical Care Nursing: Sickle Cell Anemia Critical Care Nursing 10/15/2009 Sickle cell anemia affects millions of people worldwide. Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which your body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells. They don’t last as long as normal‚ round red blood cells‚ which leads to anemia. Sickle cells contain abnormal hemoglobin that causes the cells to have a sickle shape. Sickle-shaped cells don’t move easily through your blood vessels. They’re
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Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness‚ aging process‚ or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there
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RN Program CLINICAL PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLAN NURSERY STUDENT NAME: Robin Rickards CLINICAL SITE/UNIT: SOH/Nursery CLINICAL DATE: 01/20/15 PATIENT INTIALS: F.P. AGE: 9 days Sex: M RELIGION/CULTURE: Not documented MATERNAL AND LABOR HISTORY: Mother was admitted to hospital on 01/09/15 for labor induction at 39 weeks and 4 days. Active labor began at 1015. F.P. was born at 1837
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NURS 300 – Assignment: Term Paper An exposition of Ida Jean Orlando-Pelletier’s Nursing Theory December 8‚ 2010 Jason J. Harrison‚ RN St. Joseph’s College NURS 300 – Assignment: Term Paper An exposition of Ida Jean Orlando-Pelletier’s Nursing Theory December 8‚ 2010 Jason J. Harrison‚ RN St. Joseph’s College Ida Jean Orlando (Pelletier)‚ a theorist renowned in the field of nursing theory‚ was born in New Jersey in 1926 to Italian immigrant parents. After being reared during the Great Depression
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Maslow ’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory Pablo Valdez Liberty University Abstract Abraham Maslow introduced a very simple way of understanding the needs of a person. The Hierarchy of Needs sorts the needs of the lowest and most basic levels to the higher levels. Maslow then arises within their theory of personality‚ the concept of hierarchy of needs‚ which needs are structurally organized with varying degrees of power‚ according to a biological determination given by our genetic makeup as the agency
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H Task 1: Ways of communicating effectively P1: Explain the roles of effective communication and interpersonal interactions in a health or social care setting Types of Interpersonal Interaction Interpersonal interaction is the abilities necessary in order to communicate and interact successfully with other people‚ including being able to listen properly and to communicate and empathise with others. There are many different ways to communicate‚ and many different forms of communications. These
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Health care access refers to the means by which people obtain health care services (services concerning the identification & treatment of disease‚ as well as the advocacy & conservation of health). There are 3 steps which must be met in order to achieve reasonable health care access: 1. Earn entry into the health care system 2. Gain access to sites of care wherein patients can obtain the services they require 3. Locate providers who are capable of meeting the requirements of patients. Discrepancies
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Macroeconomics by Group 5 “Current Account Deficit – An Indian Perspective” Indian Institute of Management‚ Kozhikode Report by: GROUP 5: Aishwarya Kumar (063) Anirban Bhar (064) Anusha Acharya (071) Nimish Shah (110) Palak Bansal (097) Pratik Agarwal (101) Table of Contents Introduction 3 India CAD – Historical perspective (1991 – present) 7 Case Study 1 - US Current Account Deficit and the 2008 Financial Crisis 12 Case Study 2
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NURSING PROCESS The client is a 70 year old‚ Caucasian male who is a retired siding salesman from Riverside‚ IA‚ who has an extensive history with Paralysis agitans (Parkinson’s disease). The client was first admitted to the long term care facility in December 2012. The client explained that he came to be at this facility after “already being in two places like this”. He was removed/discharged from the last long-term care facility for being what he called “disruptive”.
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References Student X Baton Rouge General School of Nursing Nursing Care Plan for Herpes Zoster Patient Patient is a 33 year old African American female with infected herpes zoster‚ sepsis‚ and gastroenteritis. The patient was admitted to the Mid-City Baton General Hospital on Sunday‚ June 15‚ 2014 for infected herpes zoster‚ where a chest x-ray‚ blood culture‚ specimen arm wound culture‚ and urinalysis was performed. The results showed lungs clear‚ heart size with in normal limits‚ and no abnormal
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